Infrastructure and contamination of the physical environment in three Bangladeshi hospitals: Putting infection control into context

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Rimi, Nadia Ali ^a   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Islam, Mohammed Saiful ^a   Uddin, Main ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Jahangir ^a   Zaman, Rashid Uz ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Gurley, Emily S ^a  

^a Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; BODILY SECRETIONS; COUGHING; FECES; FERAL CAT; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MOSQUITO; MUCUS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALIVA; SNEEZING; SPUTUM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VOMITING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DESIGN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MEDICAL STAFF; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SANITATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SANITATION;

EID: 84896783902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089085     Document Type: Article

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